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一張蒼老粗礪的臉,粗礪嘶啞蒼涼怪異的嗓音
像醉鬼像幽靈 冷漠絕望 悲而不傷 Tom Waits 湯姆.威茲
有人曾經這樣形容Tom Waits:
一個深夜裡提著煤氣燈
穿行於墓園裡給亡靈講故事的孤獨隱士
一個籠罩在煙霧中的邪惡形象
孤獨隱士的歌聲並不是為所有人開放的
然而,當你真真切切地體會到生存在世的
沉重、艱難、失落乃至絕望
你會洞悉這歌聲里的一切秘密 No One Knows I』m Gone
(Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan 1992)
Hell above and Heaven below
All the trees are gone
The rain made such a lovely sound
To those who are six feet under ground
The leaves will bury every year
And no one knows IТm gone
Live me golden tell me dark
Hide from Graveyard John
The moon is full here every night
And I can bathe here in his light
The leaves will bury every year
And no one knows I』m gone